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April 5, 2008

To the Abyss on a Wire

Seated inside the control van for the remotely operated vehicle Jason, pilot Scott
Hansen (background) and chief scientist Bill Chadwick (Oregon State University) work to collect samples from the hydrothermal vents along the Juan
de Fuca Ridge in the North Pacific.
(Photo by Lance Wills, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)